Outside Manila – Gem's Photos and Videos

Bohol, April 2023 weekend trip

Click here to view still images from my April 2023 weekend trip to Bohol. (link to highlights only) https://youtu.be/dj628HZXClk vlog runtime: 20 minutes 33 seconds I went on a short…

gem May 25, 2023

Outside Manila Photoblog Rural

Pozorrubio & Manaoag, Pangasinan trip July 2022

I went with some buddies on an overnight road trip to Pozorrubio in Pangasinan, a little over 200 kilometers north of where I live in Quezon City, Metro Manila, from…

gem August 28, 2022

food Metro Manila Outside Manila

1st half of 2022 Food & Drink

Click here to see all my other food-related videos in this playlist. Click here to see January to June 2022 still photographs. https://youtu.be/lruIClfOGFU 03:21 minutes All footage in this video…

gem July 12, 2022

Architecture Outside Manila Videos

Barasoain Church and Malolos Cathedral, Bulacan, Philippines, Holy Week 2022 trip vlog + photography

https://youtu.be/yeNDspZOeWk I went on a day trip to Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines on Black Saturday of my Holy Week 2022 to check out two significant sites in Philippine history: Barasoain Church…

gem July 6, 2022

Landscape Metro Manila Outside Manila

Shooting Decade old Expired Film in Parks

February 27, 2022, Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center, Quezon City https://youtu.be/WXkyjp4brrY 03:21 video runtime I went to Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center, Quezon City, Philippines, on February 27,…

gem May 17, 2022

Landscape Outside Manila Videos

Trip to Baguio, February 2022

https://youtu.be/9L-I8ez1v3g 16:23 video runtime I went to Baguio from February 9 to 11, 2022. It's 250 kilometers north of where I live in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. This is…

gem May 1, 2022

Landscape Outside Manila Rural

Beach vacation at Balesin Island Club (Sept. 2021)

https://youtu.be/qERBjEk17NI 06:27 video runtime Click here for my album of still images. 00:00 Day 1- Alphaland Hangar/ Airport in Metro Manila00:09 ATR-72 turboprop plane00:35 checking in00:42 Bierstube German restaurant lunch01:01…

gem April 22, 2022

Outside Manila Photoblog Transportation

First live car race I’ve ever attended, Clark

https://youtu.be/KnGduYhed_8 I got the opportunity to watch the Vios Cup at the Clark International Speedway last July 9 and 10, 2021. This was my very first time to watch a…

gem March 9, 2022

Landscape Outside Manila Photoblog

La Union, Philippines, April 2019 Trip Log

La Union is a province in the northern part of the Philippines, in the Ilocos Region. I went to Urbiztondo Beach in the town of San Juan for three days in April 2019. This beach has a small strip of hostels and food places catering to the burgeoning surf scene there.

gem October 7, 2019

Outside Manila Transportation

Vintage Warplanes, Clark

I went to Clark Air Force City, formerly Clark Air Base, in Angeles, Pampanga, hree hours north of Metro Manila here in the Philippines on April 27, 2019 and photographed…

gem October 7, 2019

Architecture Outside Manila Rural

Cowboy Town Replica

I went to Clark, Angeles, Pampanga, three hours north of Metro Manila here in the Philippines on April 27, 2019 and photographed this replica cowboy town at the El Kabayo…

gem October 7, 2019

Hong Kong Outside Manila Thailand

2016 and 2018 Travel Videos (HK, Banaue, Bangkok)

2016: Banaue: 7 minutes 45 seconds Click here to read about this trip. Hong Kong: 4 minutes 19 seconds Click here to read about this trip. 2018: Bangkok: 32 minutes…

gem June 25, 2018

Animals Metro Manila Outside Manila

seven animals (October 2015 to May 2016)

dog perched on a push cart with plastic bags, Quezon City, Philippines, October 2015 rooster, Fairview, May 2016 roadside monkey, Subic, April 2016 cat behind grilles of a corner store,…

gem January 15, 2017

Outside Manila Rural Travel

Banaue Rice Terraces August 2016 trip log

Jump to: Day 1(views of the rice terraces from different viewing decks) |Day 2 (Market Day + Downtown) | Day 3 (Batad Village) In August 2016, I went to Banaue,…

gem December 7, 2016

Metro Manila Outside Manila People

three barber shops

Quezon City, Philippines, May 2015 Manila, Philippines, April 2016 Cebu, Philippines, January 2016

gem November 30, 2016

Metro Manila Outside Manila Signs

religious themed vehicles

Jehovah's Witness jeep with a sign that says "The Watch Tower": March 2016 tricycle that says Gift of God: May 2016 Jeep that says Thanks God: Quezon City, Philippines, April…

gem September 10, 2016

Outside Manila Travel

Subic Bay Scuba Diving trip log – January and April 2016

I've scuba dived with Arizona Dive Shop in Subic Bay a few times already. I first dove with them in 2015 and went on day trips to dive with them…

gem May 6, 2016

Outside Manila Travel

Sinulog Festival – January 2016

Sinulog is an annual cultural/ religious festival held in Cebu, Philippines. It's held in honor of Santo Nino, the baby Jesus. (more on Wikipedia) There were dancers and drummers. Click to…

gem May 4, 2016

Found Objects/ Structures Landscape Outside Manila

three small town stalls

Sagada, Philippines March 2015

gem December 16, 2015

Found Objects/ Structures Landscape Outside Manila

rural waiting shed with a mural of Mother Nature

Batangas, Philippines, March 2015

gem December 10, 2015

Architecture Outside Manila Rural

August 2015 Ilocos trip log

I went to the northern tip of the Philippines for a weekend in August 2015.* Got to Vigan, Ilocos Sur just before sunrise. It was pitch black except for a…

gem October 1, 2015

Outside Manila Travel

Sagada trip log

Sagada is a small town that lies 275 km north of Metro Manila (according to wikipedia). Went there for two days in March. Here are some of my favorite photos…

gem April 21, 2015

Outside Manila Photoblog Places

Bohol, Philippines, trip log, January 2015

Flew from Manila to Bohol's domestic airport in Tagbilaran City. Stayed on Panglao's Alona Beach. Went on some great dives with Philippine Fun Divers. Bohol Bee Farm had some…

gem April 18, 2015